How to put half a million people to work, RIGHT NOW
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Face it. Unemployment is insane at over 10%. We need to do something about it, and we need to do it fast, or else Sarah Palin will be telling Barack Obama in 2012, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Wow. Wouldn’t that be ironic. In Oregon, where the ProudLiberal is, as well as in New Jersey, we [...]
Add Vermont to the list!
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009As promised, Vermont’s Republican Governor Jim Douglas vetoed civil marriage equality for all Vermont residents. But this morning, the Vermont House and Senate have both voted to override the veto. This means Vermont is the fourth state to guarantee equal protection to gays and lesbians. No longer are gays and lesbians second-class citizens in Vermont. [...]
Back home in Oregon
Monday, September 8th, 2008First of all, there’s a website that I need to add to my blogroll, and that’s SenateGuru. They are pretty awesome – and this makes it much more so! First off, there is an extensive interview with Oregon Dem Jeff Merkley, who is going up against Bush scapegoat/apologist Gordon Smith. Merkley is up in recent [...]
Gordon Smith can’t run away from his own record
Monday, June 23rd, 2008This Proud Liberal lives in Oregon, where 4 of the 5 US representatives in my metro area are Democrats. Gordon Smith, a Republican, is pretending to be a Democrat, and that’s very sad – and he won’t get away with it. As soon as the 2006 midterm elections were over, and the decimation of Republican [...]
